Element Organizer 15.0.0.0 is so slow it's not usable. :-(

Report · Nov 23, 2016

I recently updated Elements thinking the latest version would be usable, but it didn't help. I do have 106,000 photos but between my i7 and a boat load of RAM I'd think things would be better. See system info below.

Currently my Pictures folder is set up with Year folders and then a sub folder of when I dump pictures from my camera, i.e. Pictures | 2016 | 12-25 Xmas.

I only have one catalog, so I'm thinking someone it going to tell me to split my folders into different catalogs. Suggestions here would be appreciated - catalogs by decade, activity,....?

Thanks,

-TAC

Elements Organizer 15.0.0.0

Core Version: 15.0 (20160905.m.97630)

Language Version: 15.0 (20160905.m.97630)

Current Catalog:

Catalog Name: My Catalog

Catalog Location: D:\Program Files\Adobe\My Catalog\

Catalog Size: 436.1MB

Catalog Cache Size: 2.6GB

System:

Operating System Name: Windows 10

Operating System Version: 10.0

System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:14 Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2

Built-in Memory: 31.9GB

Free Memory: 23.8GB

Report · Nov 24, 2016

You have a reasonably large Catalog. If you have Facial Recognition turned on under Edit > Preferences, turn it off. I have found that when this preference is selected, it really slows down the Organizer, especially when it is doing the initial FR index. Personally, FR does not help me organize my photos.

After you turn it off, restart PSE 15. Hopefully you should find the Organizer's performance much improved.

Report · Dec 15, 2016

Don26812 wrote:
You have a reasonably large Catalog. If you have Facial Recognition turned on under Edit > Preferences, turn it off. I have found that when this preference is selected, it really slows down the Organizer, especially when it is doing the initial FR index. Personally, FR does not help me organize my photos.
After you turn it off, restart PSE 15. Hopefully you should find the Organizer's performance much improved.

Totally agree on both turning off face recognition (the initial indexing is a huge task for a big catalog) and face recognition being a gadget to organize people. I have a ton of family and genealogy pictures, and FR does not help nor makes organizing easier, it's only a big burden on my computer.

I would add that splitting a catalog is a very bad idea.

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Report · Dec 15, 2016

Hi Tom,

You seem to have a considerably large catalog which for sure would be comparatively less faster than working on smaller catalogs.

You can refer to following blog for some remedial steps for your case:

Photoshop Elements (PSE) knowledge base.

Hope you find this helpful. Please mention if you have any queries.

Thanks,

Arshla